Fatal Minneapolis shooting occurs amid deployment of over 2,000 ICE officers in largest immigration enforcement ever

Minneapolis remained on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer participating in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, with the governor urging calm and schools canceling classes as a safety precaution.

State and local officials demanded ICE agents leave Minnesota after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good was killed. But Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the agents would not be withdrawn.

The Department of Homeland Security has deployed more than 2,000 officers to the area in what it calls its largest immigration enforcement operation ever. Noem said more than 1,500 people have been arrested.

The shooting Wednesday morning in a residential neighborhood south of downtown was captured on video by witnesses, and by evening hundreds attended a vigil to mourn her and encourage resistance to immigration enforcement. Some participants later marched through the city chanting, but the demonstration remained peaceful.

“I would love for ICE to leave our city and for more community members to come to see it happens,” said Sander Kolodziej, a painter who came to the vigil to support the community.

The footage shows an officer approaching an SUV stopped in the middle of the road, ordering the driver to open the door and grabbing the handle. The driver begins pulling forward, and a second ICE officer positioned in front of the vehicle draws his weapon and immediately fires, jumping backward as the SUV advances toward him.

It is unclear from the videos whether the vehicle struck the officer, and there is no indication whether the woman had prior interactions with ICE agents. After the shooting, the SUV speeds into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.

In a separate recording afterward, a woman identifying herself as Macklin Good’s spouse is shown weeping near the vehicle. The unidentified woman said the couple had recently arrived in Minnesota and had a child.

Noem called the incident an “act of domestic terrorism” against ICE officers, saying the driver “attempted to run them over and rammed them with her vehicle. An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot, to protect himself and the people around him.”

President Donald Trump made similar accusations on social media and defended ICE’s work.

Noem alleged that the woman was part of a “mob of agitators” and said the officer followed his training. She said the FBI would investigate.

But Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called Noem’s version of events “garbage.”

“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense,” Frey said. “Having seen the video myself, I wanna tell everybody directly, that is bullshit.”

He also criticized the federal deployment and said the agents should leave.

The shooting represented a dramatic escalation of the latest immigration crackdowns in major cities under the Trump administration. Wednesday’s incident is directly linked to the crackdowns.

The Twin Cities have been tense since DHS announced the operation’s launch Tuesday, at least partly due to tensions involving Somali residents.

A crowd of protesters gathered at the scene after the shooting to vent their anger at local and federal officers.

In scenes reminiscent of previous crackdowns, people chanted “ICE out of Minnesota” and blew whistles that have become ubiquitous during the operations.

Gov. Tim Walz said he was prepared to deploy the National Guard if necessary. He expressed outrage over the shooting but called on people to keep protests peaceful.

“They want a show,” Walz said. “We can’t give it to them.”

There were calls on social media to prosecute the officer who shot Macklin Good.

Commissioner Bob Jacobson of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said state authorities would investigate the shooting with federal authorities.

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Dell’Orto reported from St. Paul, Minnesota. Associated Press reporters Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis, Ed White in Detroit, Valerie Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas, Mark Vancleave in Las Vegas, Michael Biesecker In Washington, Jim Mustian in New York and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed.